New York - Cuban choir Entrevoces is carrying out an almost one-month tour of U.S. cities, where the vocal group is ratifying the value of culture to strengthen ties among peoples, its director and founder, Digna Guerra, stated today.

In the first performances in U.S. territory, the vocal group, founded in 1981, received a great welcome at the University of Yale, a tercentenary higher education center located in New Haven, state of Connecticut.

Havana-Albanian artist and Berlin resident, Anri Sala, is exhibiting today his art in one of the coast communities of the Cuban capital with his exhibit "To each his own in bridges."

With this exhibit as part of the 12th Biennial of Havana, the European artist has already toured some popular neighborhoods of the capital, such as Parque Trillo, a park located in Cayo Hueso, and visited the "Wifredo Lam" Contemporary Art Center. Sala will exhibit today at the entrance of Havana harbor in Casablanca, known as fishermen town.

Havana - The preservation of the Cuban legacy of the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature will be discussed today here during the 15th Ernest Hemingway International Colloquium, to be run at the capital's O''Farril Palace.

According to the event's program, scheduled until June 21, the issue will be in charge of Mary Jo Adams, executive director of Finca Vigia Foundation, of the United States, and Ada Rosa Alfonso, top director of the Ernest Hemingway Museum, of Cuba.

Havana - The Cuban National Ballet is to revive the most transcendent work of choreographer and one of the company´s founders Alberto Alonso, his version of Carmen, announced the company led by prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso.

The season from June 20 thru 28 at the National Theatre will have in the leading roles the first figures Viengsay Valdes, Anette Delgado, Sadaise Arencibia, Dani Hernandez, Victor Estevez and the first dancers Luis Valle, Dayesi Torriente and Estheysis Menendez, among others.

Havana - The book by Russian writer Nicolai Leonof entitled "Raul Castro: A man in Revolution," will soon be presented in Havana.

Published by the Cuban Editorial Capitan San Luis, the new book makes reference to the life of the president of the Caribbean nation through a chronology of the main dates of his political actions.  The book includes more than 80 photos, some of them previously unpublished.

Havana - Culture Minister Julian Gonzalez stated here that the 12th Havana Biennial surpasses today all expectations with the participation of more than 40 countries until June 22.

This happens due to the quality of Cuban artists and their special dedication and commitment, to present the works in a supreme exhibition of talent, the minister said in statements to the Cuban News Agency.